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Fonts similar to Absans

The fonts most like Absans are Cortado Sans (80 out of 100), NT Somic (78) and Questrial (76), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–52% of the em (Absans’s is 50%) and lowercase letters 48–55% of the em wide (53%), and all twelve are sans serifs too. Where they differ, most are narrower (eight of twelve).

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  1. 80match · #1

    Cortado Sans

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Absans in g, j, and W

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  2. 78match · #2

    NT Somic

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    10% heavier

    Differs most from Absans in W, j, and g

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  3. 76match · #3

    Questrial

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    6% narrower

    Differs most from Absans in t, a, and g

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  4. 76match · #4

    Figtree

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    10% heavier · 5% narrower

    Differs most from Absans in g, j, and Q

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  5. 75match · #5

    Fustat

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    12% heavier · 5% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Absans in j, f, and t

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  6. 73match · #6

    Raleway

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    11% lighter · x-height 4% taller

    Differs most from Absans in w, l, and g

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  7. 73match · #7

    Cabinet Grotesk

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    10% narrower · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Absans in W, j, and 7

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  8. 72match · #8

    Red Hat Display

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    6% narrower

    Differs most from Absans in 2, g, and W

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  9. 72match · #9

    Work Sans

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    Nearly identical proportions

    Differs most from Absans in l, j, and W

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  10. 72match · #10

    Prodigy Sans

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    10% heavier · 4% narrower

    Differs most from Absans in l, g, and j

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  11. 72match · #11

    Red Hat Text

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    7% narrower

    Differs most from Absans in g, 2, and W

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  12. 71match · #12

    Uncut Sans

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    5% narrower · 7% heavier

    Differs most from Absans in g, Y, and 1

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The 100 fonts like Absans, measured

Fonts like Absans lean most in weight on the page, where 49 of the 100 are heavier and 13 lighter. What they keep most is Absans’s x-height: 54 are within 3% of it, Cortado Sans the closest of them. They part from Absans most often in g (64 of the 100), W (29) and 9 (25).

Questions about fonts like Absans

What is the closest font to Absans?

Cortado Sans, at 80 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Absans, it has nearly identical proportions. After it come NT Somic (78) and Questrial (76).

Is there a free alternative to Absans?

Absans is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Cortado Sans, NT Somic and Questrial come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Cortado Sans sets running text to the same width, with the same x-height.